Challenging reproductive control and gendered violence in the Americas : intersectionality, power, and struggles for rights / Leandra Hinojosa Hernández and Sarah De Los Santos Upton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hern andez, Leandra Hinojosa, author.

Upton, Sarah De Los Santos, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Lexington studies in health communication.

Lexington studies in health communication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminism--America.

Feminism.

Reproductive rights--America.

Reproductive rights.

Women--Violence against--America.

Women.

Women--Violence against.

America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (174 pages).

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2018]

Summary:

Challenging Reproductive Control and Gendered Violence in the Américas: Intersectionality, Power, and Struggles for Rights utilizes an intersectional Chicana feminist approach to analyze reproductive and gendered violence against women in the Américas and the role of feminist activism through case studies including the current state of reproductive justice in Texas, feminicides in Latin America, raising awareness about Ni Una Más and anti-feminicidal activism in Ciudad Juárez, and reproductive rights in Latin America amidst the Zika virus. Each of these contemporary contexts provides new insights into the relationships between and among feminist activism; reproductive health; the role of the state, local governments, health organizations, and the media; and the women of color who are affected by the interplay of these discourses, mandates, and activist efforts.

Contents:

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Feminist activism and reproductive control across the Americas

"A right doesn't mean much if you can't access it" : news discourses of abortion, reproductive rights, and anti-abortion supporters

Epidemics, crimes, and "nothing to worry about" : news coverage of gender, reproductive health, and the zika virus in Latin American news discourses

Intersections of culture, gender, religion, and politics : problematizing the notion of choice in reproductive feminicides in Latin America

Moving from voyeurism to bearing witness : efforts to produce conocimiento around feminicide in Ciudad Juárez

Conclusion: American and Latin American feminist politics and new futures for feminist activism and news coverage of women

References

About the authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-66698-815-4

1-4985-4258-1

OCLC:

1027730868